Official Infiniti Emerg-E concept photos released prior to Geneva debut

February 26, 2012

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It seems as though Infiniti has been pulling from the files of Carl Macek. The American anime impresario famously kitbashed three unrelated Japanese cartoons--Super Dimension Fortress Macross,Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross and Genesis Climber MOSPEADA--stringing them together as the 85-episode Robotech, an imperfect saga which nevertheless blew many a young mind back in 1985.

Upon seeing the latest iteration of the QX56, we thought it looked as if it could have been designed as some Zentraedi wheeled transport from Macross. Plus, it's certainly big enough to house a few giant supersoldiers.

Now that Infiniti has released a set of official images of its Emerg-E hybrid sports-car concept, we can't help thinking that it resembles some manner of speedy biomechanical Invid machine from the last third of the series.

Since the company is holding all manner of specs close to the vest until the Geneva motor show, anime-oriented conjecture is all we currently have. Speaking of the genre, is that new episode of Last Exile: Fam the Silver Wing up on Hulu yet?